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21
Sep
Adding Potentiometers to your Raspberry Pi with RNBO

Adding Potentiometers to your Raspberry Pi with RNBO

Unlike boards like the Arduino, the Raspberry Pi doesn't have an Analogue-to-Digital (ADC) converter to convert analogue signals to digital. In this article we'll learn how to use an ADC integrated circuit chip with the RPi to read in multiple Potentiometers at once and control a RNBO patcher.
5 min read
19
Sep
Working with Photoresistors (LDRs) on the Raspberry Pi with RNBO

Working with Photoresistors (LDRs) on the Raspberry Pi with RNBO

In this article we'll cover how to use some simple sensors with RNBO on the Raspberry Pi target. Before attempting these, make sure you're familiar with the basics of exporting your RNBO patchers to the RPi and that your audio interface is working correctly with it.
2 min read
10
May
EZ Gen~ Tute 006 :: Ratcheting 101

EZ Gen~ Tute 006 :: Ratcheting 101

In our final beginner level EZ Gen~ MaxMSP tutorial we're covering one more foundational sequencer technique that dates back to the 1970s - step "ratcheting". We've already learned the tools we need to add this to our sequencer - and it's quick + dead simple.
1 min read
30
Apr
EZ Gen~ Tute 005 :: Probability 101

EZ Gen~ Tute 005 :: Probability 101

This instalment in our EZ Gen~ MaxMSP tutorial series we're covering one of the simplest yet most powerful techniques for programming sequencers. Probability allows control over random processes which can be used to perform and extend simple material.
1 min read
22
Apr
EZ Gen~ Tute 004x :: Macrophase + Making your own custom [rate] operator

EZ Gen~ Tute 004x :: Macrophase + Making your own custom [rate] operator

This EZ Gen~ Extra covers a few questions around the “macrophase” derivation method I used in the previous tute where I needed to create my own [rate] abstraction which will help us phase align our new polymetric sequencer.
1 min read
16
Apr
EZ Gen~ Tute 004 :: Polymetric vs Polyrhythmic Sequencing

EZ Gen~ Tute 004 :: Polymetric vs Polyrhythmic Sequencing

Now on our journey through Gen~ we’re adding two new modes to our step sequencer by adopting some simple principles for generating satisfying rhythmic complexity through phase relationships and note divisions.
1 min read
11
Apr
EZ Gen~ Tute 003 :: Clock Dividers, Multipliers & Step Sequencing with Rate

EZ Gen~ Tute 003 :: Clock Dividers, Multipliers & Step Sequencing with Rate

Moving forward in Gen~ toward algorithmic sequencers we cover the basics of sample accurate timing using a master phasor~ using division and multiplication. We also use the [playlist~] object as an all in one glitched out sampler instrument driven by our new step sequencer at signal rate.
1 min read
11
Apr
EZ Gen~ Tute 002 :: Trigs, Gates & Envelopes

EZ Gen~ Tute 002 :: Trigs, Gates & Envelopes

We return to Gen~ this time creating gates and envelopes with single sample pulses from the click~ object. We also learn to read DSP diagrams and create a simple filter to create a reusable high hat generator with audio, amplitude and spectral control logic all inside the same gen~ patcher.
1 min read
15
Feb
EZ Gen~ Tute 001 :: Shuffle/Swing algorithm

EZ Gen~ Tute 001 :: Shuffle/Swing algorithm

The EZ Gen~ tutorial series covers bite size chunks of info you can use in your Max gen~ patchers – starting from the beginner level. In this video we’re building a reusable swing/shuffle algorithm.
1 min read
01
Dec
MTTS IV : Banish The Great Unclean One

MTTS IV : Banish The Great Unclean One

Collaborative experimental session recorded using only eurorack modular synths. Five groups share WAV files to create music around the chosen theme. All groups had a starting WAV file as was created by the theme winner Vespine.
1 min read